SC - All about Eggs

[LordVoldai at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/8/99 11:36:39 PM Central Daylight Time, 
snowfire at mail.snet.net writes:

> I also note that when I have made my Welsh Cakes recipe, I have to use 
medium 
> not 
>  large eggs, as large throws off the balance of the rest of the 
ingredients.  
> So I 
>  wonder than if this has been found to happen with other recipes from 
period? 
>  I'm 
>  taking it that eggs were probably smaller than today's large or xlarge in 
> the 
>  past or am I wrong there?
well, chickens were probably bred to produce larger eggs but we can't be too 
sure on that.  as far as how to use them in period recipes,  that would be a 
function as to how you redact the original recipe.

voldai
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